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HOOK AND EYE FOR GARMENTS, &c.

No. 561,289. Patented June 2', 1896.

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JAMES J. SPRINGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO SAMUEL P. TOWN, OF SAME PLACE.

HOOK AND EYE FOR GARMENTS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,289, dated June 2,1896.

Application filed October 30, 1895. Serial No. 567,377. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES J. SPRINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hooks and Eyes forGarments, &c., which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a hook for a garment or other purpose,formed ofa sheet-metal back plate and a tongue, which latter is composed of partof said plate properly bent up therefrom and shaped as described.

It also consists of an eye of novel construction.

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of a hook embodying my invention.Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 represents a top orplan View of the eye member that may be employed. Fig. 4 represents aside elevation thereof. Fig. 5 represents a top or plan view of the hookand eye connected. Fig. 6 represents a top or plan view of another formof the hook.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a hook member formed of the flatsheet-metal plate A, and B designates a longitudinallyextending tongue,which is integral with said plate and formed by cutting the plate insuch manner as to disconnect a portion of the center of said plate, saidportion then being bent out at its uncut end O, raised on its back, asat D,intermediate of its ends,and made salient at its outer end E, itbeing noticed that the plate A has provided in the main tlie materialfor the formation of the tongue B. The sides of the tongue areright-lined and parallel, and the free end of the said tongue extendsbeyond the bifurcated end of the body.

F designates an eye which is of the form of a loop and produced of flatsheet metal, it being seen that when the cross-bar G of said eye ispresented to the end E of the tongue the latter is raised so as topermit said crossbar to pass under the tongue, after which saidcross-bar enters the space of the raised back D and bears against thebend 0, thus firmly connecting the hook and eye, said back forming aguard which prevents disconnection of the parts, it being also seen thatthe eye lies fiat on the plate A, so that the two parts occupy but smallspace.

The width of the bodies of the eye and hook members is substantially thesame, so that there are no projecting edges of one over the other,except at the ends, and as both of the said bodies are fiat they contactwith each other so as to fit closely When engaged.

The hook member is formed with the eyes II, and the eye member is formedwith the eyes J for fastening to the place of service by stitching,riveting, or otherwise.

In lieu of the eyes H, the members may be provided with prongs or spurs,as shown at K, Fig. 6, the same being adapted to pierce the garment,&c., and thus be held thereon. It will also be seen that the plate A iswidened or broad on the body A and bifurcated at the other end, formingflaring limbs A This forms a broad flat base for the hook member andprevents overturning of the same.

The eye F has its inner side walls a, which are Within the body or mainportion of the same, right-lined and at substantially a right angle tothe inner end Wall a, so that the portions of the same that contact withthe bend G of the hook fit snugly thereagainst and prevent lateralmotion of either the hook or eye members, thus insuring the properengagement and interlocking of said parts.

The limbs F of the eye member are flaring, and with the remainder ofsaid member lies flat on the contiguous portion of the plate A of thehook member.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

Ahook consisting of a fiat plate A, having the central portion of thebody of the same separated from the adjacent side portion, forming theset-out hook B integral at one end with the non-separated portion 0 ofsaid body and side limbs A said hook having a raised back and a freeouter end, substantially as described.

JAMES J. SPRINGER.

Vitn esses JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, SAML. P. TOWN.

